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In Apple's next ecosystem, Siri is the glue

In Apple’s next ecosystem, Siri is the glue

“It’s always been about the ecosystem for Apple,” Dan Moren writes for Macworld. “The company started out making its own hardware and software, and — with brief exceptions like the late, not-terribly-lamented clone program in the ‘90s — it’s only aimed to bring more and more of what it does under its direct control.”

“As the company moves into its fifth decade, its eyes are firmly…

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It's Tim Cook's Apple now: What WWDC 2016 teaches us about his vision for Apple Inc.

It’s Tim Cook’s Apple now: What WWDC 2016 teaches us about his vision for Apple Inc.

“Yesterday’s WWDC presentation started with Apple CEO Tim Cook asking for a moment of silence to honor the men and women killed in Sunday’s attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida,” Rick Tetzeli writes for Fast Company. “The keynote ended with Cook’s presentation of Swift Playgrounds, a way for Apple to encourage children to learn how to code. ”

“In between, Cook had exactly zero…

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Why Apple is winning in the quest for the next big thing

Why Apple is winning in the quest for the next big thing

“Few launches from the last few months contained more hype and frenzy than the recent Apple event — which saw the launch of the iPhone 6S and other tech marvels such as the Apple TV and iPad Pro,” Steven Ambrose writes for Memeburn. “What was missed in all the hype and the hyperbole, is that Apple has been consistently changing the game, beyond the original iPhone launch, it just did not do so in…

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Apple's iOS ecosystem is huge, and growing fast

Apple’s iOS ecosystem is huge, and growing fast

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”Last quarter Apple was selling iPhones at the rate of nine a second,” Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reports for ZDNet. “That works out to 818,329 iPhones a day, or over 74 million for the quarter as a whole. While this represents stellar sales, it is only the tip of the iOS ecosystem iceberg. So, just how big is the iOS ecosystem?”

“Since its release in 2007, Apple has sold…

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Why no one can beat Apple's inimitable iPhone

Why no one can beat Apple’s inimitable iPhone

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”The best part about Apple’s blowout earnings report Tuesday was how the iPhone business continues to counteract every theory Apple doubters have had over the years,” Steve Kovach writes for Business Insider. “[One] theory went that unless Apple made a cheaper phone, Google would take over the world and developers would flock to the platform and start making the best…

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Apple's holiday 2014: A bigger castle and a deeper moat

Apple’s holiday 2014: A bigger castle and a deeper moat

[cfsp key=”adsense_336x280″]”Apple officially closed its holiday quarter last Saturday (December 27th) and by all accounts, it will be a blockbuster quarter when the company reports its operating results after the market closes on January 27th,” Matt Lew writes for Seeking Alpha. “The company has been the beneficiary of a tremendous tailwind after it announced its revamped iPhone lineup in early…

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Poor, misunderstood Tim Cook is making all the right moves

Poor, misunderstood Tim Cook is making all the right moves

[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]“Apple CEO Tim Cook is ‘uninspiring’ [NYT] and making Apple ‘more like most other companies,’ [WSJ] or so two recent profiles suggest,” Aaron Pressman writes for Yahoo Finance. “And Cook’s biggest challenge is to find a new product that can “move the needle” and increase Apple’s $171 billion of revenue significantly, both articles agree.”

“But although the two profiles…

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The Apple/WWDC disconnect never ends

The Apple/WWDC disconnect never ends

[cfsp key="adsense_336x280"]“To some, Apple’s new announcements at the WWDC represented a coming of age for the company under the leadership of Tim Cook. It’s certainly more open, considering that developers have a little more freedom to talk about prerelease software,” Gene Steinberg writes for The Tech Night Owl. “So now they can actually discuss what they’re doing with outsiders, although they…

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